Bed Bug News
Dealing with bed bugs in your hotel, hostel or air bnb?
Worried you had bed bugs in your hotel, hostel, air bnb? How to deal with bed bugs when you travel Are you traveling this summer? Will you use a plane, taxi, or rideshare? Did you wake up at the hotel with itchy bites? Were you required to put your purse...
PTSD and Bed Bug Bites
After 5 years I still can't stand getting bug bites, any kind of bite. My infestation left some deep scars in my psyche, many of which this website has healed with the knowledge it might help you with your bed bug infestation. After all the fewer of "them" the better...
Can I Freeze Bed Bugs?
Will freezing kill bed bugs? When dealing with an infestation I think we all ask ourselves if we can freeze bed bugs as another tool in our bed bug killing arsenal, and the answer is "Yes, but..." As we have learned, bed bugs and their eggs in particular, have evolved...
5 Ways Not to Deal With Bed Bugs in Your Car
An infestation in your car means you might re-infest your home during treatment, or infesting your workplace, friends and family.
How do Bed Bugs Reproduce
Bed Bug Reproduction Trigger warning: You might not want to watch this video before you go to sleep, or bed I would have liked better music to go with the ambiance in this video. Just kidding, this is a little hard to watch but a lot of you ask how bed bugs reproduce...
Diatomaceous Earth in Your Car Can Cause Health Problems
Every time I see a comment suggesting you sprinkle diatomaceous earth in your car, I want to shout NO DON'T DO IT! D.E. is NOT the solution to a bed bug infestation in your car. You probably use air conditioning, heaters or leave the windows open in your car. All of...
Bed Bugs Make a Cameo on Orange is the New Black
Bed bugs once again had their fifteen minutes of fame on tv this month on the Netflix show Orange is the New Black. While not exactly making bed bugs funny, there were many accuracies and well-made points during this episode, when the prison unit becomes infested with...
Scientists Develop Pheromone-Laced Bed Bug Trap
Researchers discover a molecule, a histamine so appealing to bed bugs, that in laboratory tests using human subjects, even hungry bed bugs did not seek out food once in contact with the histamine. Can they invent a substance that will make bed bugs choose to stay...
Does Cinnamon Kill Bed Bugs? Or Lavender? Or Cloves?
Have you heard or read that cinnamon kills bed bugs? Or that lavender oil, patchouli, red pepper or cloves will kill bed bugs or at least prevent them from biting you? Cinnamon, lavender, salt, etc., do not harm bed bugs in any way and trying these ineffective...
Bed bugs on planes
Ladies and gentleman please place your bags on the floor in front of you Who would have thought that while pinned in the middle seat on a late night flight from New York to Portland, that bed bugs on the plane would be feasting on my ankles. It's not surprising at all...
Bed Bugs in the Oval Office? (nah, it’s Tom Tomorrow!)
Bed Bug Task Force Meeting Tomorrow
I have to say, I'm excited! It's been 9 months since we last met due to scheduling snafus, and I know a lot has changed with local public housing agencies, for the better. In fact I know a gentleman who is currently dealing with bed bugs in his subsidized home. He...